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... reasons alone , I loved and chose this ground : I fixed myself upon it , and there forti- fied myself by all the arguments and reasonings I could meet with . These things I wished to be- lieve and I had my wish ; for at length I did ...
... reasons alone , I loved and chose this ground : I fixed myself upon it , and there forti- fied myself by all the arguments and reasonings I could meet with . These things I wished to be- lieve and I had my wish ; for at length I did ...
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... reason to expect it ; my preach- ing was well received , my acquaintance seemed to be courted , and my foolish heart verily believed that all this and much more was due to my supe- rior worth while conscience , which , by its mor ...
... reason to expect it ; my preach- ing was well received , my acquaintance seemed to be courted , and my foolish heart verily believed that all this and much more was due to my supe- rior worth while conscience , which , by its mor ...
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... . I had also read one of his publications ; but , for the same reason , I thought the greater part of it whimsical , paradoxical , and unintelligible . Concealing therefore , the true motives of my conduct under ( 16 )
... . I had also read one of his publications ; but , for the same reason , I thought the greater part of it whimsical , paradoxical , and unintelligible . Concealing therefore , the true motives of my conduct under ( 16 )
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... reasons I had been accustomed to speak of it with contempt , and to neglect read- ing it officially . No sooner therefore did I read the words , That it was to be thoroughly receiv- ed , and believed ; for that it might be proved by ...
... reasons I had been accustomed to speak of it with contempt , and to neglect read- ing it officially . No sooner therefore did I read the words , That it was to be thoroughly receiv- ed , and believed ; for that it might be proved by ...
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... none of which were suited to produce conviction . But , though I was confirmed in my resolution by the reason- ings used to induce me to alter it , they at length were made instrumental in bringing me to this important determination ( 20 )
... none of which were suited to produce conviction . But , though I was confirmed in my resolution by the reason- ings used to induce me to alter it , they at length were made instrumental in bringing me to this important determination ( 20 )
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